The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever!
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The Best Smooth Jazz... Ever!- is a compilation album released in 2004, by EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

. It's the 1st part of popular series "The Best... Ever!
The Best... Ever!
The Best... Ever! is a series of compilation albums. The albums in this series have been released by EMI beginning in 2004. It is very popular in Poland. To date more than 900,000 copies of compilations had been sold in Poland. The last part of the serie has been released on May 22nd,...

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CD 1

  1. US3
    US3
    Us3 is a jazz-rap group founded in London in 1991. Their name was inspired by a Horace Parlan recording produced by Alfred Lion, the founder of Blue Note Records. On their debut album, Hand on the Torch, Us3 used samples from the Blue Note Records catalogue, all originally produced by...

    - "Cantaloop"
  2. Buddy Rich
    Buddy Rich
    Bernard "Buddy" Rich was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Rich was billed as "the world's greatest drummer" and was known for his virtuosic technique, power, groove, and speed.-Early life:...

    - "The Beat Goes On"
  3. Bobby Womack- "California Dreaming"
  4. Jose Feliciano
    José Feliciano
    José Feliciano is a Puerto Rican singer, virtuoso guitarist and composer known for many international hits including the 1970 holiday single "Feliz Navidad".-Childhood:...

    /Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Julia Riperton was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979. They had two children - music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya...

    - "Light My Fire"
  5. Bill Withers
    Bill Withers
    William Harrison "Bill" Withers, Jr. is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985. Some of his best-known songs are "Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Use Me", "Just the Two of Us", "Lovely Day", and "Grandma's Hands"...

    - "Ain't No Sunshine"
  6. Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...

    - "I Can`t Stand The Rain"
  7. Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    - "We Have All The Time In The World"
  8. Julie London-"Fly Me To The Moon"
  9. Billy Taylor- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free"
  10. Ronnie Laws
    Ronnie Laws
    Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Laws is an American jazz, blues and funk saxophonist. He is the younger brother of jazz flautist Hubert Laws.-Biography:...

    - "Always There"
  11. Charlie Hunter feat. Norah Jones
    Norah Jones
    Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...

    - "More Than This"
  12. St. Germain- "Sure Thing"
  13. Paul Jackson Jr feat. Earic Dawkins- "Inner City Blues"
  14. Earl Klugh- "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
  15. Bobby McFerrin
    Bobby McFerrin
    Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...

    - "Don't Worry Be Happy"
  16. Nina Simone
    Nina Simone
    Eunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...

    - "Work Song"
  17. Nat King Cole
    Nat King Cole
    Nathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...

    - "Nature Boy"

CD 2

  1. Guru
    Guru
    A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

     feat. D C Lee- "No Time To Play"
  2. D'Angelo
    D'Angelo
    Michael Eugene Archer , better known by his stage name D'Angelo, is an American R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is known for his production and songwriting talents as much as for his vocal abilities, and often draws comparisons to his influences,...

    - "Brown Sugar"
  3. Bobbie Gentry- "Son Of A Preacher Man"
  4. Bob Dorough- "Three Is A Magic Number"
  5. St. Germain- "Rose Rouge"
  6. Shuggie Otis
    Shuggie Otis
    Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist....

    - "Strawberry Letter 23"
  7. Nancy Wilson- "Call Me"
  8. Donald Byrd
    Donald Byrd
    Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II, is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd is best known as one of the only bebop jazz musicians who successfully pioneered the funk and soul genres while simultaneously remaining a...

    - "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
  9. Luther Vandross
    Luther Vandross
    Luther Ronzoni Vandross was an American singer-songwriter and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B Vocal Performance four times...

    - "So Amazing"
  10. Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson
    Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...

    - "Time After Time"
  11. Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Riperton
    Minnie Julia Riperton was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979. They had two children - music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya...

    - "Loving You"
  12. Bob Belden- "Sister Moon"
  13. Carleen Anderson- "Maybe I'm Amazed"
  14. Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...

    - "I'm A Woman"
  15. Nat King Cole- "Unforgettable"
  16. Lou Rawls- "The Girl From Ipanema"
  17. Cannonball Adderley- "Sambop"
  18. Elsa Soares- "Mas Que Nada"

CD 3

  1. Lou Rawls- 'For What It's Worth"
  2. Maze
    Maze
    A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...

    - "Joy And Pain"
  3. Timmy Thomas- "Why Can't We Live Together"
  4. The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers
    The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper...

    - "That Lady"
  5. Bobbi Humphrey- "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"
  6. Marlena Shaw- "Save The Children"
  7. Mica Paris- "Stay"
  8. Shara Nelson- "Down That Road"
  9. Arrested Development- "Everyday People"
  10. Doris
    Doris (singer)
    Doris Svensson , billed as Doris is a former Swedish pop singer. Doris is best known for her lone solo album, eclectic pop, rock and funk Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby recorded in 1970...

    - "You Never Come Closer"
  11. Natalie Cole
    Natalie Cole
    Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...

    - "This Will Be (1991 Remix)"
  12. Ronnie Laws- "Every Generation"
  13. Ronny Jordan feat. Roy Ayers
    Roy Ayers
    Roy Ayers is an American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped pioneer jazz-funk .- Biography :Ayers...

    - "Mystic Voyage"
  14. Bobby Hutcherson- "Theme From M.A.S.H"
  15. Herbie Hancock
    Herbie Hancock
    Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...

    - "Cantaloupe Island"
  16. Cannoball Adderley- "Mercy Mercy"
  17. Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Vaughan
    Sarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...

    - "Round Midnight"
  18. Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...

    - "Misty Blue"

CD 4

  1. Chet Baker
    Chet Baker
    Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...

    - "My Funny Valentine"
  2. Patricia Barber
    Patricia Barber
    -Discography:* Split Premonition Records * Distortion of Love Antilles * Cafe Blue Blue Note, Premonition Records * Modern Cool Blue Note, Premonition Records...

    - "Use Me (Live)"
  3. Shirley Bassey
    Shirley Bassey
    Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...

    - "Something"
  4. Julie London- "Cry Me A River"
  5. Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...

    - "Here's That Rainy Day"
  6. Duke Ellington
    Duke Ellington
    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...

     & Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

    - I'm Just A Lucky So And So"
  7. Jimmy Jones Orchestra- "Stormy Weather"
  8. Miles Davis
    Miles Davis
    Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...

     & Cannoball Adderley- "Autumn Leaves"
  9. Bobby McFerrin
    Bobby McFerrin
    Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.-Life:...

    - "Thinking About Your Body"
  10. Maze
    Maze
    A maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. In everyday speech, both maze and labyrinth denote a complex and confusing series of pathways, but technically the maze is distinguished from the labyrinth, as the labyrinth has a single...

     feat. Frankie Beverly- "While I'm Alone"
  11. Noel Pointer- "Living For The City"
  12. Ronnie Foster- "Me & Mrs Jones"
  13. Earl Klugh- "Living Inside Your Love"
  14. Tina Turner
    Tina Turner
    Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

    - "I've Been Loving You Too Long"
  15. Swing Out Sister- "Something Deep Inside"
  16. Lou Rawls- "You Made Me So Very Happy"
  17. Marlena Shaw"- Woman Of The Ghetto"
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